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2012-01 (January) The Trainmaster The Official Publication of the Pacific Northwest Chapter January 2012 National Railway Historical Society Portland, Oregon Pre-Inaugural Trip on the Pioneer By Mike Bergman In the summer of 1977 I was living in Vancouver, B.C. and working as a planner for a small consulting firm that was developing a major transit expansion program for the Greater Vancouver Regional District. In early June we helped launch the “Seabus,” a transit ferry service between downtown Vancouver and North Vancouver. The launch was successful but exhausting, and I was anxious to get away for a few days. My boss had received an invitation to ride on a nounced that we were the first passenger train to head special, pre-inaugural trip of Amtrak’s new Pioneer, up Sullivan’s Gulch since 1971. The new F40’s pulled the first passenger service between Portland the Salt the train effortlessly up the grade and we made good Lake City since the UP’s City of Portland was dis- time heading through the Columbia River Gorge. continued six years earlier. He had a time conflict and Outside temperatures climbed as we approached asked me if I would like to go instead. I jumped at the Hood River, and a big sweltering crowd was wait- chance, and headed south on Amtrak’s Pacific Interna- ing for us at the old UP station anxious to take a look tional to Seattle, where I stayed at the new train. They waited overnight with my parents. The patiently in line to go through next morning I saw my train at the spotless new cars, savoring the King Street Station, a set of every moment they could away brand-new F40’s pulling spot- from the 90-degree heat. less Amfleet coaches and an Our next stop was Pendle- AmCafe food service car. ton, where we were met both The first segment of the by people anxious to see the pre-inaugural Pioneer would new train and Greyhound driver run as the regular morning pickets. The picket signs car- Seattle-Portland train, the Puget ried phrases like “Don’t Subsi- Sound. At Portland, the regular dize Amtrak” and such, but no passengers were shooed off and one was deterred from taking a only those with special invita- walk through the new train. As tions were allowed to stay on in Hood River, the crowds in board. Pendleton were big for a small As we pulled out of Port- town and all were happy to step land Union Station and crossed inside the air-conditioned com- the Steel Bridge, an Amtrak fort of the new Pioneer. on-board service manager with We reached La Grande about a “golden tones” radio voice 9 pm and school buses shuttled came on the PA system and an- passengers to nearby motels, Jan. 2012 Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society The Trainmaster Page 1 since there were no sleeping cars on the train. As a special, the train was parked in the nearby UP yard for the night. The next morning a group of VIP’s joined us, including Amtrak President Paul Reistrup and Idaho Senator Frank Church. I had packed quickly and hadn’t brought many clothes with me, so I gladly took a free Amtrak “Get the Pioneer Spirit” T-shirt that was offered to the passengers. The friendly older man giving out the T-shirts was Hank, a retiree from Spokane and a member of the Washington Association of Rail Passengers. When the train got underway, Hank sat next to me and he reminisced for hours about passenger trains of yore. Leaving La Grande, the train travelled south November 1979 photo of the Pioneer in Portland along the Ban- field Freeway (I-84), eastbound up Sullivan’s Gulch. By this time, through the spectacular scenery around Baker the train had a baggage car and a Heritage sleeper. City and Huntington. At Ontario, we stopped briefly for some speeches, then continued across the Idaho state line to Nampa, where I got out to take a picture of the train by the city’s beautiful 1924 station (now gone). Switching onto the branch line to Boise, we arrived in Idaho’s capital city late in the afternoon, where both Senator Church and Amtrak President Reistrup delivered speeches from a podium next to the city’s mission-style station. Senator Church recounted how, previous to the Pioneer, the only Amtrak station in the state was in Sandpoint, where trains stopped in the middle of the night. After the speeches, the crowds kept coming to see and walk through the train. All the visitors were very happy to have this civilized form of transportation back in their community. The next morning we were off again, and we made a brief whistle-stop with speeches at Twin Falls. As we approached Pocatello, the train slowed to a crawl as it entered the huge UP yard. The yard was filled with second- hand freight cars that UP had acquired from bankrupt Northeast railroads and had sent to Pocatello for repair. The nice Pocatello depot was across the street from the bus station and the usual Greyhound pickets were there to greet the passengers and train watchers. One of them glared at me as Hank and I left the station for a walk during the speech-making. We ambled around downtown for awhile until I heard a train whistle and I asked Hank what time is was. “It’s 3:30, the train doesn’t leave until 4,” he said. My worst fears were confirmed when we got back to the depot ten minutes later—the train was gone! Both Hank and I had our luggage on board. Sheepishly, we walked into the Greyhound station wearing our Amtrak T-shirts and there, behind the ticket counter, was the man who had glared at me while carrying the picket sign in front of the train depot. Without saying a word, he sold us a one-way ticket to Salt Lake City on the next bus, due out in two hours. We arrived in Salt Lake about 10:30 pm and quickly took a cab over to the UP Station, a huge French Chateau-style building with a bright red “Union Pacific Railroad” The pre-inaugural trip at Hood River in June 1977. The train was greeted by a Union Pa- cific freight, led by a Centen- nial unit. Page 2 Jan. 2012 Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society The Trainmaster The inaugural train posed in front of the now-demolished Union Pacific Nampa, Idaho depot. neon sign on the top. We saw the train at the platform but the doors to the station were locked and the place was deserted. Just then I heard a familiar voice, “Are you Mike Bergman?” It was the on-board service manager with the golden-tones voice. He had noticed our luggage hadn’t been picked up from the train, and had stayed at the station after the train arrived to see if we showed up. He took out some keys and opened the station door, then led us to where our luggage was stored behind the ticket counter. Whew! We had made it! Jan. 2012 Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society The Trainmaster Page 3 Special Train Visits PNW Amtrak’s 40th Anniversary Train visited the Seattle King Street Station October 22-23 and Portland Union Station October 29-30. The consist included three display cars, one combination display/gift shop car, a staff sleeper, and two locomotives (P40 and NPCU406, formerly a F40PH). Approximately 2,000 people attended the two-day display in Portland; approximately 1,000 in Seattle. In ad- dition to the train, booths in the Portland Union Station included PNWC, AORTA, Talgo, Oregon Department of Transportation Rail Division and others. Popular with the kids and parents at the Portland stop was the Chugging- ton Depot play area. The interior of the display cars contained exhibits from the 40-year history of Amtrak, including uniforms, posters, tableware, track signals and more. J. Craig Thorpe, noted Pacific Northwest artist, was on hand in Port- land to sign his Amtrak 40th Anniversary poster. Since there was no advertising budget, local Amtrak and organizations such as All Aboard Washington, AORTA and PNWC helped get the word out. PNWC Concessions Chair Al Hall reported sales at the two-day Portland visit of just under $700 with help from Joe Harper, Henri Larose, Bruce Strange, Bill Hyde and Judy Hall. A special tour of the train for PNWC members was arranged by Ron McCoy and nine members were able to enjoy the tour. More information about the train and schedule is available at: www.amtrak40th.com. Seattle photo by Dan Simmering, Portland photos by Judy and Al Hall, Trent Stetz, and Rolf Schuler Page 4 Jan. 2012 Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society The Trainmaster Jan. 2012 Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society The Trainmaster Page 5 PNWC Participates in Historic Dedication On December 3, the City of Cottage Grove, Oregon dedicated the rehabilitated Chambers Covered Railroad Bridge. The event ran from 2:30 to 4 pm with the formal dedication ceremony beginning at 4. During the event, PNWC members Mary Hauff, Kent Hutchens and Arlen Sheldrake distributed to 200-plus attendees copies of the special 8-page Chambers Bridge Trainmaster and other items. It was a cold but dry day as the community turned out to celebrate the preservation of this unique gem, the only covered railroad bridge still in existence in Oregon; and it may be the only remaining covered railroad bridge west of the Mississippi River.
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